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#c8a4e7 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a4e7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.31% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.42% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 272.24°, with 58.26% saturation and 77.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 2.57.

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Relative luminance0.446

Complementary

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #c3e7a4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #e4e7a4
  3. #a4e7a6

Analogous

  1. #a6a4e7
  2. #c8a4e7
  3. #e7a4e4

Triadic

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #e7c8a4
  3. #a4e7c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #e7a4c3
  3. #c3e7a4
  4. #a4e7c8

Square

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #e7a6a4
  3. #c3e7a4
  4. #a4e4e7

Monochromatic

  1. #7e33bf
  2. #a367d7
  3. #c8a4e7
  4. #ede1f7
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#c8a4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #b494d0
  3. #a083b9
  4. #8c73a2
  5. #78628b
  6. #645274
  7. #50425c
  8. #3c3145
  9. #28212e
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #ceade9
  3. #d3b6ec
  4. #d9bfee
  5. #dec8f1
  6. #e4d2f3
  7. #e9dbf5
  8. #efe4f8
  9. #f4edfa
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4e7
  2. #c1a0dd
  3. #ba9dd2
  4. #b299c8
  5. #ab96be
  6. #a492b4
  7. #9d8ea9
  8. #968b9f
  9. #8e8795
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbadc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b3e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4adbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adace9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1ade6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4e7 {
  color: #c8a4e7;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4e7 {
  background-color: #c8a4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 58% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4e7, #e7a4e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 231 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 2.57 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.96 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.18 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.76 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.40 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.70 #375b18 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4e7  rgb(200, 164, 231)  hsl(272, 58%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c3e7a4  rgb(195, 231, 164)  hsl(92, 58%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e7c8a4  rgb(231, 200, 164)  hsl(32, 58%, 77%)  Light Apricot
#a4e7c8  rgb(164, 231, 200)  hsl(152, 58%, 77%)  Seafoam Green